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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 1683811, member: 1414"]
It's easy to forget what the leagues need at any given varies by the league and the time.  The B1G had secured Nebraska and Penn State.  It could afford to focus purely on markets with Rutgers and Maryland.  It likely can't do that again.

The ACC had been struggling in football.  FSU hadn't bounced back and Clemson couldn't break through. VT was/is in a big down cycle.  So was Miami.  BC sucked.  UNC sucked.  UVA sucked.  UConn was the right school in every way, except that the ACC was desperate for anyone who could upgrade the football SOS.  The basketball strength helped make it an easier decision.  If that expansion happened now?  Post UL scandal and with FSU and Clemson looking very strong?  UConn gets the call.

The Big XII has a puny market footprint.  The academics are middling and other than UT they struggle to recruit (students not athletes) outside their region.  If you listen to Boren, he's talking about elevating OU, the university.  The sports brand value and network DMA value needs to be there, but sports are also the general marketing department for these schools.  I think New England/NY area HS kids are very sought after.  That simply wasn't a need for UNC, Duke, GT, UVA, WF or Miami.
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